Celery Broth
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare
Clean and wash the celery.
Cut the celery into 3-inch pieces.
Make the broth
Place the celery in a saucepan with the water.
Boil slowly until the broth reduces to 1 quart.
Strain the broth through a napkin.
Serve
Serve warm or cold.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Celery
- Provides the main flavour and aroma that gives the broth its character.
- Water
- Acts as the liquid that extracts flavour from the celery as it simmers.
The step that matters
Boil slowly until the broth reduces to 1 quart. Gentle simmering extracts flavour steadily without clouding the broth, while a hard boil can make it cloudy and harsh. Reducing concentrates the flavour, so stop when the volume reaches 1 quart.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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